Graves of Pte. (LCpl) Duncan Patterson and Pte Robert Burns in the Canadian Scottish Cemetery, Rue Petillon, March 1915 29080 Private Robert Burns joined the 16th Battalion on 22 September 1914 in Valcartier. He arrived in France on 9 February 1915. He was killed in action on 14 March 1915. CEF service file attached 29293 LCpl Duncan Patterson joined the 16th Battalion on 22 September 1914 in Valcartier. He arrived in France on 9 February 1915. He was killed in action on 14 March 1915. He had previously served for 12 years in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. CEF service file attached Rue Pétillon Cemetery British soldiers began burying their fallen comrades at Rue Pétillon in December 1914 and the cemetery was used by fighting units until it fell into German hands during the Spring Offensive of 1918. The Allies recaptured this sector of the front in September 1918 and when the war ended in November the cemetery was the site of twelve Battalion burial grounds. Many of those laid to rest here had died of wounds in a dressing station that was located in the buildings adjoining the cemetery, which were known as ‘Eaton Hall’ during the war. The cemetery was enlarged in the years after the Armistice when graves were concentrated here from the battlefields around Fleurbaix and a number of smaller burial grounds. Ten Canadian Scottish soldiers were killed in action and buried in this cemetery in March 1915. Five of them were killed on 14 March 1915. See attached media.